Hey hey there Dad!
This last week has been pretty... normal actually. Went out
and worked. What more can be said? Working will make missionaries happy. Not
working makes us unhappy, even for the missionaries who don't want to work.
Missionary work is like a big train. We all have our small part to do on the
train. If we decide not to work and then drag our heels while hanging off the
back of a train, how do you think your heels will feel after a couple seconds,
a couple days, weeks, months, years? When you drag your heels in missionary
work, you only hurt your own heels and the part of the train that you're
working on, which is a small part since the Lord is in charge of most of it.
The train won't stop just because a missionary slacks off. The work goes on and
so does time. When we're all on board, working our best to keep our small part
of the train in the best condition we can make it, time will fly. Life will
feel good, you'll feel accomplished! When we drag our heels, we feel bored,
anxious, tired, perhaps lonely. We get stressed, and feel sad. we don't want to
be on the mission. But when we're working as hard as we can, we will have the
Spirit to be with us, which will bring us an immense amount of strength and
joy. So, don't drag your heels, because you only hurt yourself, and that small
part of the train you have been given to work on. But the train will keep
going, and those souls who hop on board are the converts we help teach, and our
investigators, and we are all on the destination to our Heavenly Home, even so
in the Celestial Kingdom of our Heavenly Father.
As President Gordon B. Hinckley's father once said:
"Forget yourself and go to work." Life is much better that way
anyways! 😁
As for the specifics: We received a referral from some of
the Sister Missionaries at Temple Square, who is just an awesome referral,
reads in the Book of Mormon everyday, and believes in God, and the Plan of
Salvation and loves his family. It's amazing how the Lord prepares his people,
and how the Lord grants miracles unto us on a daily basis.
We had no investigators at church... but we're working on
it! We're working with them even closer now to get them to church on time (or
at all).
We're working hard out here, but there's always more to be
done, always more that we can do! Indeed, we're going to start to follow the
counsel that Christ, the Master Teacher, when he said to his disciples:
"34 ¶ And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto
them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me.
37 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; or whosoever will save his life, shall be willing to lay it down
for my sake; and if he is not willing to lay it down for my sake, he shall lose
it.
38 But whosoever shall be
willing to lose his life for my sake, and the gospel, the same
shall save it." (Mark 8:34, JST Mark 8:37-38).
I know that Christ is the Master Healer and he will heal all
of our infirmities and all of our sicknesses. I know that the Lord loves us,
and will take care of us, if we so trust in him and believe in him. We will
find our lives in our willingness to lose them in His service. We will help the
people of Thailand! We will help our Brothers and Sisters return home. I love
Thailand, I love the mission, as hard as it may be. I love this Gospel, and of
course my goodly parents that I have been born too and family as well! I love
The Lord Jesus Christ, and I am eternally indebted and grateful for his great
sacrifice. So, the least I can do is work hard to further His work, and help
these people come to know that He is:
"Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, ...The Prince
of Peace." "มหัศจรรย์, ที่ปรึกษา, พระผู้เป็นเจ้าผู้ทรงอานุภาพ,...เจ้าชายแห่งสันติ." (2
Nephi 19:6 ; ๒ นีไฟ ๑๙:๖)
Love you lots Dad! Hope this last week has been good for you,
and I'll talk to you soon!
- Elder Decker
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